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Finding the Best Casinos

November 16th, 2009 suicidalsam

Casinos nowadays go beyond the famous Vegas strip. Casinos can be surprisingly found from coast to coast in the U.S., and destinations abroad in Europe and South Africa. There are even more and more Panama casinos popping up in Central America. But that doesn’t mean all casinos are created alike. With so many to choose from, finding the best casino is about knowing what kind of experience and environment you prefer.

Surroundings

Casino

Casino

Often times, shady surroundings and dirty or uncomfortable atmospheres on the floor are indicative of a casino you probably shouldn’t be spending a lot of time in. Some of the best casinos in the world are known for their incredible ambiance, comfort and design. For example, The St. James Club in Antigua sits on a peninsula and there are ocean views all around the perimeter of the casino. The Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas, steering away from most casinos, feature skylights, large windows, and panoramic views of the resort. A good casino also offers a large variety of gaming options, such as dozens of different kinds of slot machines, roulette, craps, poker, blackjack, and baccarat gaming tables along with a high limit table area.

Decadent Food and Buffets

If you plan on spending a lot of time in a casino, which most people do, then you would want some quality food with plenty of variety to choose from. After all, you’ve got to keep your energy up and stay comfortable. Casino hotels with the best buffets offer a wide variety of food from all over the world, have items that are always fresh and kept at proper temperatures, have clean, attractive and comfortable dining rooms, and have had a strong reputation for tasty, quality food for at least a few years.

Family-Friendly Casinos

If your idea of a good casino involves a hotel casino where you’re entire family will be comfortable, even when adults hit the tables and slots, then you’ll want to look into casinos that cater to not just adults at all times, but families with younger children also. Before you trek your family along with you to a casino hotel, do your research to make sure the destination even allows kids in the first place. Some casino hotels discourage families with children, much to the delight of the adults that prefer a child-free environment. Some places prohibit the use of strollers. Some casinos, however, have been known to be friendly to guests of all ages. For example, the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino on the Vegas strip has continuous circus acts and shows on the hotel’s mezzanine level and there is a large floor housing tons of carnival and arcade games. Be sure to include the expenses of the games in your budget since money can go quick with the carnival games. In addition, there’s even an amusement park just behind the hotel. Family friendly casino hotels should have games catered to all ages, good-sized rooms, other attractions such as animal-related attractions and swimming areas, and child-oriented shows, restaurants, and themes. Mandalay Bay in Vegas has a shark attraction and plenty of pools that kids would love. Some casino hotels market and promote their adult attractions throughout their hotel much more than others so keep an eye out for those since they aren’t the ones best suited for families.

Overall, the best casino will always depend on who is going there, so make sure to do a good amount of research before taking your chances in Vegas and beyond.

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Better Betting At The Poker Table

November 4th, 2009 suicidalsam
Poker Betting

Poker Betting

The game of poker is all about betting. Betting takes place when you know you have the best hand, or when you have that gut feeling you can beat every opponent at table. Lets say you raise your game with an A-K before the actual flop, then most likely you would flop a paid of kings or aces. People sometime think this would actually help out in the run, but it sometimes does not even improve your hand. At the table, when you are facing three or more other people, you can tell someone preferred the flop. There is a term in poker known as the underdog, and when the flop does not favor your hand, and then you are known as the underdog. However, if someone at the table does bet, you are free. You can forget about it and move onto the second hand. Now, there are nine unseen cards listed down, and anyone of those will make your hand complete. Also, if your hand is added to one of the aces or kings, you have a higher rate of winning the game.

Let’s say that you flopped a T (heart) – 4 (heart) – J (clover) so that it runs along with your ACE (heart) – KING (heart). Any of those nine unseen cards would make your flush the best, and on top of that, any one of those queens (the three non-hearts) would be making the best straight! An additional king or ace would be top dollar for you as well. You might risk putting in a lot, but you would increase your rate of winning everything back and a lot of more on top of it. Betting might make your partners fold, and then you would automatically win. There are about twelve cards that give you a perfect hand. If sometimes the ace or king would win the pot right off the top, you will have six other ones to help out for the rest of the game.

In poker you are not the only lucky one. The ace or king would help your opponent win as well. Also, if you think a certain card is going to get you that large, it might not sometimes due to the fact that the opponent has a chance as well. There is much more to learn in betting, and even the pros have something to learn. Although, you should know that you can be a winner at the end of the night, when you joining your over cards and by completing your hand.

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Three Important Poker Tournament Tips

September 14th, 2009 suicidalsam

Poker

Poker

Poker tournament have become extremely popular over the last few years. Every beginner is attracted to the glitz and the glamour attached to the poker tournaments. However, we have formulated three important tips to get you started with an effective poker strategy and play poker.

  1. Always remember that luck and skills, play an important part while winning a poker tournament. Do not make hasty decisions in the quest to try your luck and end up losing your stack size. It would be foolish to bet all-in with loose players and play a few tight rounds in order to assess your opponents appropriately.
  2. There is a huge difference between the poker tournaments and the cash games. With the poker tournaments, you would be given only a certain amount of chips and once you are out of your chips, you would be eliminated from the table. However in cash games, you can certainly re-buy as often as you like.
  3. Always fold your hands while the blinds are low, so that you could work out against the loose or the dangerous players on the table. All the loose players who usually call with their two cards would be knocked out early in the tournament, unless they happen to be awfully lucky. Adapt your play accordingly to maximise your winning chances at the pot.

Learn Poker Basics if you are a beginner before joining a tournament.

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Russian Roulette

September 3rd, 2009 suicidalsam
Russian Roulette

Russian Roulette

Gambling has been one of the preferred pastimes from times eternal. People spend their money on a range of casino games, however roulette happens to rule. Russian roulette is by far one of the most dangerous games in gambling. It is forbidden by law since it involves gambling with money as well as one’s life.

Russian roulette involves playing with a gun. A bullet is inserted in the gun cylinder and rotated. It is a norm to insert only one bullet a game and every player is required to fire the gun on him. Obviously, you would win if you don’t get fired and you would lose if you get fired and hence die. Therefore the game is thought to be the most dangerous form of gambling and is prohibited all across the world.

As the name suggests, the game is said to originate from Russia. Formerly, the Russians used to play this game on the prisoners and all those who observed the game would bet their money on them. There are reports that the game is being played secretly, despite being prohibited. A lot of teens are playing this game as a part of the bet on proving them to be brave. However, the amount of players in this form of roulette forms an interesting bet. If there are only two players in the game, there is a larger chance of winning as compared to the one which involves a lot of players.

It was also believed that the first one to be fired had an added advantage for the reason that once you rotate the cylinder, there is a greater chance that the bullet is not set on fire first. On the other hand, being the last one in the group can also get you a fair idea of the trigger. However, such roulette doesn’t offer a chance for practice sessions.

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Casino Portal – 777.COM

August 17th, 2009 suicidalsam
777-com logo

777.com

Online gaming is big business these days, and keeping up to date with the latest online casinos offers, and the latest gambling news, can feel like hard work after a while.  That’s where www.777.com comes in.  The Casino 777 portal gives you all the news and information you need, in one handy place.

The Casino 777 portal has reviews of online and bricks and mortar casinos, articles about subjects ranging from game specific tactics to bankroll management, and a number of online games too.  If you’re looking for somewhere to play free online blackjack, or try a little video poker, then check out the casino games section of 777.com.

As well as games, there are tutorials, tips, comics and videos.  You can get everything you need in one convenient portal site.  What’s more, membership to Casino 777 is free.

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The Surrender Option in Roulette

August 14th, 2009 suicidalsam

Players betting on roulette often disregard the surrender option. This is the option that can help you increase your odds considerably while taking the “0” and the “00” slots into account. The surrender rule is not to be found on every roulette table; however you would have to look for it. The surrender option works the best and would help you gain some or all of your wagers back if the white roulette ball lands on “0” or a “00” slot. Such a way, the casino’s edge is either eliminated or reduced to a great extent. But the only catch with this rule is that it works only when you place your bets on the outside slots.

Roulette Table

Roulette Table

The outside slots are those where you place your even/odd bets, black/red bets and high/low bets. Whenever the surrender rule is in place and the ball lands on either of the zero slots, you may get half of your money back or even get the full amount back in some rare cases. It is pretty difficult to get hold of those tables that offer surrender rule in the traditional as well as the online casinos. If at all you happen to find this option, it would be offered at the American roulette tables and not European tables. In such cases, you would be able to receive only half of your bets.

At the time of making use of the other betting systems such as the Martingale, betting only on the odd and the even parts of the boards can augment your chances of winning. But there is no guarantee that you would win consistently out of the roulette spins every time you make use of the surrender option.

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The Most Famous Betting Systems in Roulette

August 6th, 2009 suicidalsam
Roulette Table Close-Up

Roulette Table Close-Up

Over the years, the roulette enthusiasts have come up with a variety of betting systems in order to develop an effective winning strategy. Players are only concerned about beating the game of roulette and eliminating the house advantage. Hence the majority of the betting systems today were introduced keeping the game of roulette in mind. Therefore it becomes mandatory to know these betting systems and techniques that could be useful in winning the game of roulette. Unfortunately, there is nothing that can guarantee a win in the game of roulette and the only party that wins money in the end are the casinos. We have formulated a list of the betting systems that can help you make some money while betting on roulette.

The Martingale Roulette System

This happens to be one of the most popular systems of betting and the basic rule of this system involves doubling your bets every time a player loses. It is also believed to be one of the oldest systems in gambling. There are three major variations in this system; however the player can pick its own combination while placing your bets in roulette.

The LaBouchere Roulette System

This is called the cancellation system and it involves betting on certain combinations of numbers from a series of pre-selected numbers. These numbers would change according to the outcome of the spin. The player would require some writing tools in order to keep a record of the game and the outcomes. This is certainly a tempting system but it doesn’t guarantee a win all the times.

Fibonacci Roulette System

Such a system is purely dependent on the Fibonacci series. The players have to keep betting on the values of the Fibonacci numbers repeatedly regardless of the player is winning or not.

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The Best Roulette Gambler : Joseph Jagger

August 2nd, 2009 suicidalsam

Gambling has witnessed a lot of legends in a variety of gambling games all through the history that include the list of the poker champions such as Phil Helmuth, Johnny Chan as well as Joe Hachem. However, one such popular game that has lately been overlooked up until so far has been Roulette. A majority of us still believe that roulette is a game of luck and absolutely no one can predict the number on which the small white ball is going to land.

There are a lot of theories existing in the market and a lot of people are trying several mathematical formulas, however no one seems to get the right crack. People are constantly trying out their theories in the traditional as well as the online casinos. There has been only one individual so far who happened to break the casino bank in the nineteenth century – Joseph Jagger.

Roulette Wheel

Roulette Wheel

Joseph was known to belong to that elite group of gamblers who actually broke the bankroll at the Monte Carlo casino. Joseph was a mechanical engineer and he put all his efforts in studying the roulette wheel. He employed some men to help him in his study and they would record the outcomes of six roulette wheels in the much-hyped Monte Carlo casino. Joseph would then analyse the data in order to find out the bias in the wheel. With the kind of data that was generated everyday; it took him several years to hit upon the exact formula that he was looking for.

Along with his team, he concluded that the numbers would constantly land on nine numbers and then drift away to other numbers for some odd reason. Jagger didn’t really care about the reason until the consistency of those nine numbers was maintained. After such analysis and some winning strategy, Joseph Jagger took home an amount of 60000 pounds, which is equal to three million dollars in today’s play.

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Winning Bets in Roulette

July 28th, 2009 suicidalsam

Before you proceed to the bets, it would be ideal to understand the roulette wheels. Roulette wheels are divided into 37 or 38 slots which are numbered. The European wheel contains the single zero and the American wheel contains the single as well as the double zero slots. As per the statistics, the American roulette offers a casino advantage of 5.6% whereas the European roulette offers a house advantage of 2.7%. Hence the chances of your success are greater with the European wheel.

The Good Bets

In order to win with roulette, you must know the best bets on the table. However, one of the best bets considered so far is to place an even-money bet and in such a case you would lose only half the wager if the white ball ends up on a zero or a double zero.

Roulette Wheel

Roulette Wheel

On the other hand, if you place the outside bets, the casino advantage decreases from being 5.6% to 2.6% and it is important to note that these advantages are only for the even-money bets. Such bets could take place from 1-18 and 19-36, the black/red bets as well as the even/odd bets. The best thing about these bets is that you can play these with a small bankroll.

Money management cannot change the casino advantage since roulette is purely a game of luck. It cannot even guarantee a win. There are several money management systems existing for roulette, however, none of them claim to give out a guaranteed win. Mathematical calculations often seem to fail when it comes to chance. The best way to succeed in a game of roulette is to place the bets that have the best odds of success.

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Biggest Mistakes Made By Roulette Gamblers

July 21st, 2009 suicidalsam

Casino roulette has been one of the most popular games amongst the gambling enthusiasts. With the increase in the number of players, the casinos have started making a lot of profits; however there are quite a few ways in which you can improve your odds against the house advantage. We have listed some of the common mistake made by a majority of the roulette gamblers.

Notice the wheel

Roulette

Roulette

A majority of the casual players in roulette do not notice that the numbers are arranged in a different manner as compared the ones listed on the table. The wheel contains the numbers in a completely random manner and there is no particular pattern in which the numbers are picked. The numbers consecutive on the wheel are not in chronological order and hence that’s where the randomness lies. In order to increase your odds, you need to pay more attention on the wheel and not on the table.

Play with the trend

Most of the players betting in roulette are not aware of the pattern. There are two kinds of patterns in the outside bets such as the “trend pattern” and the “chop pattern”. The trend pattern means that the trend would be with all the red or all the evens and the chop pattern would be to break the trend and move against.

Know the laws

There are some important laws that apply to the game of roulette. Out of all these laws, the third law is one of the most important laws. In a complete cycle of 38 spins, there would be almost 24 numbers that are picked. This simply means that there would be some numbers that are spun twice or more. This is the third law of roulette. Knowing this law would give you some of the winning strategy and you can play in accordance. Roulette without download

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